Smartphones As Tools For News Gathering Among Journalists

1.3 Objective of the Study 

The study tries to focus the criticalness of new media innovation usage among columnist in journalistic news gathering with an endeavor to understanding its level of viability in the Nigerian media, yet in brief terms, its; 

1. To make sense of if columnist in Minna city use advanced cell in news social affair process? 

2. To recognize how advanced mobile phone has improved news social affair process among writer in Minna? 

3. To see whether advanced cell is a dependable innovation in news gathering for journalistic creations. 

4. To recognize the components militating against the development of advanced mobile phone use in news gathering among writer in Minna city.

1.4 Research Questions

1. Do columnists in Minna city make utilization of advanced mobile phone in news gathering? 

2. Are columnists in Minna making powerful head route with advanced mobile phone use in news gathering for greatest profit? 

3. What is required for the compelling use of advanced cell innovation in news gathering among writer in Minna city? 

4. To figure out the sort of new media innovation writer in Minna lean toward in news social occasion forms?

1.5 Research Hypotheses

The following null hypotheses will validate this study:

H0: Smartphones are not useful for news gathering among journalists.

Ha: Smartphones are useful for news gathering among journalists.

1.6 Significance for the Study

This study will be of unlimited essentialness to columnists, media associations, news orgs, editors, instructors and understudies in the field of news-casting and mass correspondence and also different scientists who will need to leave on same study as this. 

The study will help columnists to source valuable data utilizing social networking systems administration apparatuses and in addition furnish them with an aide on the most proficient method to compose online stories. It will likewise help writer to collaborate with their gathering of people and recognize their data needs. The study will likewise help columnists who have infrequently grasped new media to do so as to build their profit. 

1.7 Scope of the Study

The study is centered around columnists in Minna city which may be decisive for writers in different parts of Nigeria. Since writers offer basic qualities and aptitudes, information created from this study and the result acquired thereof, can be connected to all columnists. 

1.8 Limitations Of The Study

This study was constrained by a number of factors which are as follows:

Just like any other research, ranging from unavailability of needed accurate materials on the topic under study, inability to get data

Financial constraint:  was faced by  the researcher ,in getting relevant materials  and  in printing and collation of questionnaires

Time factor: time factor pose another constraint since having to shuttle between writing of the research and also engaging in other academic work making it uneasy for the researcher.

1.9 Definition of Terms 

News coverage: this is the act of composing, altering and dispersing data to the public.media: media in this study are Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other online networking systems administration devices which writers utilization to assemble, impart and scatter data to a huge heterogeneous crowd. 

Advanced reporting: it is a term used to portray the new period in news coverage where web and machines are utilized as a part of just about every journalistic movement. 

News: data about present occasions printed in daily paper or telecast by media through print, TV and radio.

New media: online machines and sight and sound, shaping an incorporated framework, It is a term intended to incorporate the advanced, electronic, or arranged data and correspondence innovations in the later piece of the twentieth century. 

Reporting: the movement of figuring out truths and utilizing the print, telecast or the web media to tell about them. 

Social networking: the term social networking alludes to the web based informal communication sites created to explicitly help people impart their perspectives and talking about data among people.

1.10 Organization of the Study

The study is categorized into five chapters. The first chapter presents the background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the study, research questions and hypothesis, the significance of the study, scope/limitations of the study, and definition of terms. The chapter two covers the  review of literature with emphasis on conceptual framework, theoretical framework, and empirical review. Likewise, the chapter three which is the research methodology, specifically covers the research design, population of the study,  sample size determination,  sample size, abnd selection technique and procedure, research instrument and administration, method of data collection, method of data analysis, validity and reliability of the study, and ethical consideration. The second to last chapter being the chapter four presents the data presentation and analysis, while the last chapter (chapter five) contains the summary, conclusion and recommendation.